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US President Donald Trump condemned Russia’s overnight strike on Kyiv. “Vladimir, STOP!” Trump wrote on social media. Photo: AFP
Ukraine war

Trump tells Putin ‘STOP!’ attacks on Kyiv, in rare criticism of Russian leader

The US president’s frustration is growing as a Washington-led peace effort has not made progress.

US-China relations

As Trump’s tariffs hit US allies hard, will China make inroads?

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Ukraine war

Opinion | How China could play a role in European security as the US retreats

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Ukraine war

Kremlin welcomes US position that Ukraine will not be let into Nato

‘We have heard … Ukraine’s membership of Nato is out of the question,’ said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. ‘This gives us satisfaction’.

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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Photo: Kremlin Press Office / dpa
Donald Trump

Trump to gut US diplomacy in Africa, cut global soft power: report

‘Non-essential embassies and consulates in sub-Saharan Africa shall be closed’ and remaining missions to be consolidated, draft order says.

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Ukraine war

Ukraine has evidence of China supplying Russia with weapons: Zelensky

‘We believe that Chinese representatives are engaged in the production of some weapons on the territory of Russia,’ Ukrainian president said.

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Russia

Denmark mulls sending soldiers to train in Ukraine

Earlier in the day, the head of the Danish army said Denmark intended to send unarmed soldiers to Ukraine for training.

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Ukrainian servicemen from an anti-drone mobile air defence unit in the Donetsk region on Tuesday. Denmark’s training plans have caused discontent at the Russian embassy in Copenhagen. Photo: Reuters
Ukraine war

Trump blames Biden and Zelensky for failing to prevent war in Ukraine

‘President Zelensky and Crooked Joe Biden did an absolutely horrible job in allowing this travesty to begin,’ Trump wrote on social media.

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China’s military

Opinion | How China’s military-industrial complex is reshaping geopolitics

As China’s defence posture alters spheres of influence and trade, its allies and rivals are recalibrating their own military policies.

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Defence

UK carrier strike group set for 8-month collaborative Pacific deployment

In ‘global messaging’ move, 12-nation force set for drills in waters near India, Southeast Asia, South Korea and Japan.

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The HMS Prince of Wales (foreground) with F-35B Lightning jets on deck, RFA Tidespring (right) and USS Gettysburg (left). Photo: Handout
Ukraine war

European nations promise to send Ukraine billions more to help fight Russia

Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov said he was ‘thankful’ and said a key issue was strengthening his country’s air defences.

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Children play near an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike in Ukraine’s city of Kramatorsk on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters
US-China trade war

Trump’s tariffs, China targeting in focus as House lawmakers fret over alliances

US defence officials pledge to deepen cooperation with Indo-Pacific partners while America’s top trade envoy faces pointed questions again.

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Japan

Nato chief confronts China’s ‘staggering’ military build-up during Japan visit

Nato chief Mark Rutte urged for a stronger Japan-Nato alliance amid concerns over China’s rapid military expansion and global stability threats.

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Human rights

Opinion | Whose lives matter? Navigating aid and ethics in a divided world

As the West and Global South clash over Gaza and beyond, the question of whose lives are deemed worthy of protection exposes deep fractures.

Internally displaced Palestinians walk past the rubble of destroyed buildings in the Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, on Thursday. Photo: EPA-EFE
Donald Trump

Trump losing patience with Putin, US’ Marco Rubio tells Nato

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Trump probably wouldn’t accept the Russian president’s delaying tactics much longer.

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At a Nato foreign ministers meeting in Brussels, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Trump probably wouldn’t accept the Russian president’s delaying tactics much longer. Photo: AFP
Ukraine war

Finland’s colossal underground bunkers a model for anxious Europe

With over 50,000 shelters, Finland’s defence strategy has attracted international interest since Russia invaded Ukraine.

European Union

Marco Rubio says US committed to Nato but tells allies to spend more

Trump has demanded Nato more than double its current spending target to five per cent of GDP – more than any, including the US, spend now.

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United States

Letters | Time for Nato to eject the United States

Readers discuss why Nato is better off without the US, and how Trump is destroying a world order that favours the US.

Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte meets with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 13. Photo: AFP
France

Musk, far-right leaders say poll ban on France’s Le Pen will ‘backfire’

Far-right leaders and Elon Musk condemn a French court’s five-year poll ban on Marine Le Pen, warning of democratic norm violations and political backlash.

Greenland

Greenland’s new prime minister says US will not get the island

Trump wants to annex the Arctic territory, claiming it’s needed for national security purposes.

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Donald Trump

Finland’s president boosts ties with Trump with round of golf in Florida

The meeting comes a day after Trump’s VP J.D. Vance accused Denmark – Finland’s close ally – of doing a poor job keeping Greenland safe.

US President Donald Trump waves to supporters as he leaves his golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday. Photo: Reuters
United States

Vance slams Denmark for not keeping Greenland safe from China and Russia

As his vice-president visited a base in the territory, Trump told reporters the US needed Greenland to ensure ‘peace of the entire world’.

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Vice President JD Vance speaks at the U.S. military’s Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, Friday, March 28, 2025. (Jim Watson/Pool via AP)
Vladimir Putin

Trump’s plan to take over Greenland is ‘serious’, Putin says

The Russian leader is concerned that Nato countries could use the Arctic as a springboard for future conflicts.

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Ukraine war

Not all European allies agree on troops for Ukraine: Macron

France and Britain, which are driving the initiative, would forge ahead with a ‘reassurance force’ with several countries.

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Donald Trump

Trump insists US must have Greenland, as Vance trip stokes anger

Plans for the US vice-president’s visit have already been scaled down amid backlash from local and Danish authorities.

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The US flag flies in front of the US consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, on Monday. Photo: AFP
United States

‘Scary, reckless’: US allies alarmed by leaked group chat about war plans

The incident is seen as a major security breach that casts doubt on intelligence-sharing and the security of joint operations with the US.

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Demonstrator Gary Rush holds a placard depicting US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth as US intelligence chiefs appeared before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in Washington on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters
Ukraine war

Opinion | China has good reason to keep its peacekeepers out of Ukraine

Beijing’s strategic instinct is against military involvement even as its peacekeeping is bound to the UN framework and thus subject to Russia’s veto.

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Germany

Opinion | Why Germany can’t afford not to spend billions on defence

For decades, Germans took Russia’s energy, China’s market and the US’ security guarantee for granted. They can’t be so complacent any more.

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